Collateral gas transport by diffusion across tissue in the healthy, human lung; effects on dead space

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 99-107

  Luijendijk, S C M ^a   Van der Grinten, Chris P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas exchange, collateral diffusion; Inert gases, He Xe SF6; Mammals, humans

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; XENON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOHR EFFECT; BREATHING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GAS TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME;

EID: 0037164144     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(02)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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